KAILUA, O`ahu — University of Hawai'i men's tennis player Dennis Lajola and Rainbow Warrior volunteer coach Ikaika Jobe captured the Blue Moon Men's Night Doubles championship for the second straight year with a  three-set win over No. 2 seed Wei Yu Su and Minh Le Saturday night at the Kailua Racquet Club.

 

Lajola, a three-time all-conference player at UH, and Jobe, a Punahou School graduate and former Boise State standout, outlasted their counterparts 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-1 to claim the 40th edition of the tournament. It was the third Kailua Doubles title for Jobe who also won in 2004. Meanwhile, it was the second title for Lajola, who in the process earned the Sam Caldwell Amateur Award for top amateur performance.

 

The top-seeded team of Lajola and Jobe defended their 2009 title after winning four straight matches, including Saturday's championship over three-time champions Le and Su. Su, the former No. 1 player for BYUH, and Le a former Cal-Berkeley standout, were undefeated in nearly four years of the tournament before falling to Lajola and Jobe in last year's semifinals, and then again in this year's finals.

 

UH senior Daniel Llarenas also competed in the event with former UH player Jeff Fitch. The No. 6-seeded pair lost in the quarterfinals to Su and Lee. Llarenas won the Sportsmanship Award for this year's tournament.